Critical Reception
"Beep" received mainly positive reviews from modern critics. When reviewing for PCD, Lisa Haines described "Beep" as a standout tune. Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song a positive review, awarding it 4 stars out of 5, enjoying "that big ELO sample" and the "fun and good humor". Later in his review he said, "the constant poking fun at radio censors with head Pussycat Doll Nicole Kea singing about 'looking at my (beep!)' is cute and funny." Nick Butler from Sputnikmusic wrote that the song may even be better than Don't Cha. "'Beep', pretty much the only thing here that stands up to 'Don't Cha' (it's quite possibly better, actually)." People's Chuck Arnold described the song as "naughty". However Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine wrote that the song is a "degrading material". musicOMH's John Murphy described the song as "oddly sexless", "bland", "dull" and "just so damn safe." Senior editor of Billboard magazine, Chuck Taylor described the song as "cliched and overwrought." He ended his review writing "We had higher hopes."
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